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paperback. Cultural Agents Reloaded reflects on the accomplishments and failures of Antanas Mockus, twice Mayor of Bogota. His example motivates us to sharpen our understanding of what cultural agency is in the present day by bringing into focus the challenges public humanities face when they travel South and struggle to become genuinely global." Series: Focus on Latin American Art and Agency. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 3JM; BGH; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
The Cultural Agents Initiative at Harvard University United States
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088559
ISBN
9780674088559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.93

Hardcover. Num Pages: 344 pages, 88 b&w illus., 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JFC; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 178 x 14. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The MIT Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262034050
ISBN
9780262034050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.52
€ 58.98

Hardback. This book is a historical and archaeological examination of the prehispanic Isthmus Zapotec state, and the responses that its descendant populations made to the complex political, economic, and cultural changes introduced by Spanish colonialism. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 table, 6 figures, 23 illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLH; HDD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804733885
ISBN
9780804733885
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.27

Paperback. Translator(s): Quester, Theodore; West-Duran, Alan. Num Pages: 240 pages, 24ill. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 146 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816636426
ISBN
9780816636426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.39

hardcover. Culture and Management in the Americas provides a different approach to enhance the effectiveness of management across cultures. Num Pages: 384 pages, 9 tables, 11 figures, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KL; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804760140
ISBN
9780804760140
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.99

Paperback. Series: Border Hispanisms. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 491.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477310755
ISBN
9781477310755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

Hardback. Following the mass arrival of European immigrants to Argentina in the early years of the twentieth century new forms of entertainment emerged. While these forms of culture promoted ethnic integration they also produced a new kind of polarization that helped Juan Peron to build the mass movement that propelled him to power. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJG; 3JJH; APF; APW; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822352433
ISBN
9780822352433
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.28

Paperback. Pawning was a common credit mechanism in Mexico City in the 19th century. A two-tiered sector of public and private pawnbrokers provided collateral credit. This book shows how Mexican women depended on credit to run their households since the Bourbon era and how the collateral credit business of pawnbroking developed into a profitable enterprise. Series: Engendering Latin America. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; KFFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803269231
ISBN
9780803269231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. Provides an analysis of the making and unmaking of class consciousness among the urban poor. This title chronicles the transformation of Peru's poor from a culture of deference and clientelism in the late 1960s to a population mobilized for radical political action. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JFFA; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 59.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520200234
ISBN
9780520200234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.63

Paperback. In legend, Cumbe ruled the Colombian community of Cumbal during the Spanish invasion. Although there is no proof of his existence, today's Cumbales point to him as their link to the past. Here, Rappaport examines the Cumbales' reappropriation of history and the resulting reinvention of tradition. Num Pages: 262 pages, 16 halftones, 6 line drawings, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 15. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226705262
ISBN
9780226705262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.29

Hardback. Cumbia! shows how cumbia, a music that originated in Colombia and was formerly denigrated by its upper classes, has become one of the most popular musics in Latin America and a source of national pride in Colombia. Editor(s): Fernandez l'Hoeste, Hector D.; Vila, Pablo. Num Pages: 312 pages, 13 illustrations, 1 map, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; AVGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822354147
ISBN
9780822354147
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.19

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822354338
ISBN
9780822354338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Paperback. Editor(s): Molau, Ulf; Ollgaard, Benjamin. Series: Reports from the Botanical Institute S. Num Pages: 86 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 146 x 6. Weight in Grams: 118.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
86
Condition
New
SKU
V9788787600194
ISBN
9788787600194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.72

Paperback. Customizing Indigeneity follows the Aguaruna on their paths to becoming leaders of Peru's Amazonian movement, revealing both their creative cultural agency and the constraints of contemporary indigenous movement politics along the way. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804761192
ISBN
9780804761192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.53

Paperback. Through a narrative brimming with honesty and grace, Dance Lest We All Fall Down unfolds the story of how friendship, when combined with courage, insight, and passion, can transform dreams of a better world into reality. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFFA; JKSB1; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780295990583
ISBN
9780295990583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. In Amazonian folktales, dolphins take human form, seduce men and women, and carry them away to a city beneath the river. This book examines these stories, both as folk narratives and as representations of culture and conflict in the Amazon. Num Pages: 326 pages, 24 halftones, 1 map, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; JFC; JFHF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226761848
ISBN
9780226761848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.29

Paperback. One of the first anthologies to focus on Mexican dance practices on both sides of the border Editor(s): Najera-Ramirez, Olga; Cantu, Norma E.; Romero, Brenda M. Num Pages: 432 pages, 37 black and white photographs; 6 line drawings; 1 map; 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; ASD; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252076091
ISBN
9780252076091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.96

Paperback. Focused on Venezuela but relevant to the rest of Latin America, this is a genealogical investigation of the intrinsically populist "monumental governmentality" that in response to this predicament began to take shape in that nation at the time of independence. Num Pages: 408 pages, 14 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 236 x 30. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823263660
ISBN
9780823263660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.84

Hardback. Focused on Venezuela but relevant to the rest of Latin America, this is a genealogical investigation of the intrinsically populist "monumental governmentality" that in response to this predicament began to take shape in that nation at the time of independence. Num Pages: 408 pages, 14 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 30. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780823263653
ISBN
9780823263653
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.97

Hardcover. A path-finding analysis of the vast colonial "dance archive" that conclusively demonstrates that dance played a crucial role in the European colonization of the Americas Series: Latin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture Publication Initiative. Num Pages: 227 pages, 40 b/w photos, 2 maps, 11 color in an 8-page section. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KL; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7128 x 5499 x 509. Weight in Grams: 936.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
227
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292744929
ISBN
9780292744929
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.81

paperback. Traces the visibility of the Latina body in the media and popular culture by analyzing a broad range of popular media including news, media gossip, movies, television news, and online audience discussions. Series: Critical Cultural Communication. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFCA; JFD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780814757369
ISBN
9780814757369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. This text examines violence in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo, looking at two conceptually linked forms of perilous face-to-fact encounters: Carnival, a bacchanalian festival, and briga, a potentially lethal street confrontation. Num Pages: 308 pages, 21 half-tones 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804725897
ISBN
9780804725897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.32

Hardcover. Records the author's 1,500 km journey in vivid detail Num Pages: 240 pages, 32 pages of colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KLS; WTL; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 660.
Publisher
Signal Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909930391
ISBN
9781909930391
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.00

Paperback. Uses an ethnographic example of ritual violence to illuminate cultural expression more widely and thereby reformulate anthropological and historical approaches to warfare and violence. Num Pages: 320 pages, 26 b&w photos, and 4 photo color insert. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HRLK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822329886
ISBN
9780822329886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.59

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